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Ban on burning harvest residues to combat smog

By Editorial
Posted in News from Thailand
Tags: ,
February 3 2019

The governors of smog-affected counties have banned farmers from burning crop residues and burning cane stalks to remove the leaves. Aircraft are also used to generate artificial rain.

In the northern province of Phayao, the governor has issued a 60-day ban from February 15. In Ratchaburi province, the governor wanted to see for himself where crop residues were burned and got into a helicopter. The province had previously issued a ban on burning waste and agricultural residues. Not everyone adhered to this because several fires were observed.

The Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation has operated flights from the bases in Nakhon Sawan and Rayong to artificially generate rain.

Source: Bangkok Post

Number of times read: 267

16 responses to “Ban on burning harvest residues to combat smog”

  1. ruud says up
    3 February 2019 at 10: 11

    But what are they going to do with those sugar cane leaves?
    Then they go to the factory including leaves, which means extra trips for the trucks and also extra emissions from the trucks.
    Then those leaves are in the factory and they also have to do something with them, otherwise it will become a very large pile of extremely flammable material.
    You probably don't want that in your factory, so it takes those leaves somewhere else (with the necessary emissions from the trucks), where it becomes a large pile of highly flammable material.
    That pile will undoubtedly catch fire at some point.

    • Jan says up
      3 February 2019 at 11: 22

      I would say let them use the leaves in an innovative way. In order to be able to cope with the general environmental problems in the future (even better from now on), Thailand should focus on the reuse of residual waste by means of techniques already used in Europe. Think of solar energy…fermentation of, for example, the sugar cane leaves mixed with other residual waste to generate alternative energy…Thailand needs to become smarter and spend time and money to deal better with the environment.
      I know it will provoke various clichés reactions here..but they finally have to get the realization to take things seriously..!!!!

      • ruud says up
        3 February 2019 at 14: 14

        That requires top-down planning.
        But I'm afraid knowing how to run a tank is not the same as knowing how to run a country.
        There is simply too little knowledge at the top.
        The world is changing rapidly, but Thailand is still governed as if carts are still driving, powered by a 1 BuffelPower engine.

        • January says up
          3 February 2019 at 17: 52

          You cannot change Thailand in, say, 5 years, that takes a generation. The remark of tank driving etc etc is inappropriate you don't have to agree with the current leaders but there is peace in the tent, and for me (us) I think it's doing well.

  2. The Inquisitor says up
    3 February 2019 at 12: 00

    I wonder how they're going to enforce that.
    Farmer sets fire to his field, farmer away.
    They can't possibly monitor every field, not with helicopters, not with drones.
    They must be able to catch farmer red-handed because he will of course deny that he set fire to it.

  3. Martin Vasbinder says up
    3 February 2019 at 12: 00

    The government would do better to provide subsidies for compost companies. This allows excellent and cheap manure to be produced, which is much better than current chicken manure. There is biogas as a by-product.

    • Tino Kuis says up
      3 February 2019 at 21: 14

      Good, Martin. That's just it. Some places in the North are already experimenting with it. Give them an alternative that benefits everyone.

  4. He says up
    3 February 2019 at 12: 03

    I thought that this kind of burning had been banned in Thailand for years, but that it was tolerated?

  5. Tarud says up
    3 February 2019 at 12: 08

    A solution would be to collect all residual vegetable waste and use it to generate energy. It may even be financially attractive to set up a company for this. I myself always have a lot of garden waste (especially banana trees that have to be cut down after they have borne fruit). We have not been able to stop our (Thai) grandfather from burning this waste. If it is collected and a (small) fee has to be paid for it, I would definitely participate. With the ban on burning, we can now stop grandpa. They then just become piles of compost that will shrink on their own.

    • Theiweert says up
      4 February 2019 at 08: 57

      Isn't that a solution a compost heap on your property?

      Personally think that composting doesn't work that way in a dry environment and probably offers animal habitat such as snakes, which you don't want either.

      • Tarud says up
        4 February 2019 at 09: 47

        The garden is relatively small compared to the large pile of waste leaves. Snakes and the like are chased away by the dogs. For the time being I am indeed leaving hope and I have seen that a lot of compost is made of it at the bottom.

  6. Tony says up
    3 February 2019 at 12: 45

    Most of the fields in my region have already been burned. Too late, every year

  7. Daniel VL says up
    3 February 2019 at 13: 54

    Last year saw a TV broadcast about the problem. It was said that plowing under is not possible because rice stalks do not digest? Furthermore, a company such as Europe was shown, where building boards are made from flax and wood residues, but tests have been carried out and they have been disappointing. The glue normally used as a filler did not work because rice stalks did not bond well with the glue. It was now up to chemistry to come up with something new. They also asked whether there was a demand for this product and at what price and quality.

    • ruud says up
      3 February 2019 at 17: 58

      A new glue, from chemistry?
      I wonder if that solution won't cause more problems.
      Special chemical products tend to be very bad for the environment.
      Because what happens to that glue when the wood burns, and what happens to that glue under the influence of sun and rain when that wood ends up in the environment?

  8. Cees 1 says up
    3 February 2019 at 14: 49

    Banana trees are used here for pig feed. They chop it into small chunks and then cook it with some other stuff. But believe me, banana trees really don't cause the smog. They set everything on fire here in the north. You see entire mountains burning. There are checks, but everything is so dry. That within 1 second they lit it.

  9. Theiweert says up
    4 February 2019 at 09: 05

    I have also always understood that the burnt remains are a good breeding ground for the new crops. That is why volcanic ash is also used in horticulture in those areas.


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